# Standardized Apartment Units Skender Made an Apartment Assembly Line to Create Homes By Justin Lam | Published 2018-12-10 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/skender References: [fastcompany](https://www.fastcompany.com/90277776/an-ambitious-plan-to-rethink-how-we-build-housing?partner=feedburner&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feedburner+fastcompany&utm_content=feedburner) & [skender](https://www.skender.com/) Chicago-based Skender is launching a new ambitious plan to change the way people view housing by focusing on simple construction. With a new assembly line, this new [apartment factory](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/samara-1) will produce [standardized apartment units](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modular-bv-system) that can easily be bolted into a steel-framed stack on a building site. The new Skender factory hopes to cut construction costs by as much as 40% and will speed up this process by as much as 20%. Skender has already shown off the first prototype: a [white-walled bedroom](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/endy-bedroom-collection) equipped with a Nest thermostat, a Crate & Barrel two-platform bed and a scent diffuser. The first of the apartments are expected to roll out in 2019 and will be transported for assembly on a 110-unit condo building in the city's West Loop. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.4/10 - Popularity: 95% | Activity: 89% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Standardized Housing Units:** The trend towards producing standardized housing for quicker and more economic construction. - **Off-site Construction:** The trend towards building housing units off-site to streamline the construction process. - **Smart Home Technologies:** The trend towards incorporating smart home technologies into standardized housing units. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Construction:** Standardized housing units create the potential for more efficient and cost-effective construction in the industry. - **Real Estate:** Standardized housing units could lower the cost of building new units, making real estate development more accessible to individuals and smaller companies. - **Smart Home:** The integration of smart home technologies in standardized housing units could revolutionize the smart home industry. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Low-Cost Modular Prototype Housing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/industrialized-building-system-prototype.md) - [Singular Person Foldable Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-baby-box.md) - [Reinvented Compact Living](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/affordable-housing-prototype.md) - [Factory-Built Fire Housing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/samara-1.md) - [Modular Bathroom Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/prefabricated-pods.md) - [$1 Tiny Apartment Rentals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tiny-apartment-rental.md) - [Prefab Timber Pods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/forest-nests-treepod-project.md) - [Sleek Fire-Resistant ADUs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tetraone.md) - [Compact 3d-Printed Housing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tiny-house-lux.md)